Furniture wax

When moving, repairing or simply during long-term operation, damage to wooden furniture is possible - it is covered with chips, scratches and cracks. You can disguise them with the help of professional means or use popular methods. Let's consider in more detail furniture wax and other means which will help to eliminate scratches on such subjects of an interior.

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Wax for furniture

Furniture wax can be hard and soft. Accordingly - it has different characteristics.

Solid grades

This material has the following distinguishing features:

• High degree of protection against mechanical impact;
• Rarely sold in stores;
• Expensive;
• Small color scale.

Important! Solid wax is used only by molten.

To properly remove all the shortcomings, you must follow the rules of use:

1. The material melts. To do this, you can use a gas burner, a soldering iron or a conventional lighter.
2. Apply furniture wax to the damaged surface of a table, cabinet or other piece of furniture.
3. A stationery knife is used to remove excess material.
4. If necessary, grinding of the repaired place.

Soft grades

They are used to repair scratches, dents, cracks and chips.

Important! Wax for furniture of this type will help to cope with the holes from the screws or small knuckles.

Its use is very simple. First of all, a set of tools is being prepared, consisting of:

• Spatula;
• Piece of felt;
• Edge knife;
• Plastic cover for the furniture corner;
• Wax.

Then you can proceed with the repair itself:

1. Wax is rubbed into the holes.
2. The edge of the material is superimposed with a knife.

Important! It is necessary to form the missing piece.

1. Use a spatula for leveling.
2. A knife is used to cut off excess material.
3. The furniture corner is made of plastic for smoothing.
4. The surface is polished with felt.

Important! To resume the picture of the texture of the tree, you can use children's felt-tip pens. They should have an alcohol base. You can also use wax crayons.

But for the restoration of furniture is suitable not only wax. There are a lot of improvised tools that will help to correct minor defects no worse than professional pastes.

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Iodine

Scratches on furniture - what to clean if the surface of the object is dark? Nut, mahogany or oak can save the most common iodine. Scratches are treated with a small brush or an old toothbrush dipped in a weak iodine solution.

Important! The procedure is repeated several times until the desired shade is obtained.

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Mayonnaise

If there are not small scratches on the tree, but cracks - you can use the popular sauce:

1. Mayonnaise is poured into the crack, the excess is removed.
2. Then it remains to wait a couple of days for the swelling of the wood - the crack itself will close. Then you need to get rid of the remains of mayonnaise and you can polish the surface.

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Walnut

Can I remove scratches on polished furniture? You can, if you use a normal walnut. It is cut into two halves and used to rub the damaged area.

Important! Do not press too hard.

Thus, you can quickly fill a scratch, with no trace left. The surface must be wiped with a tissue to remove oily deposits.

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Stain

Most often this special material is sold in liquid form. It is applied to the wood in order to give it a shade. There is no formation of a surface film.

Important! The stain penetrates deep into the material, the wood itself is stained, but the texture is visible. In the case of enamel or paint, this effect can not be achieved.

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Shoe Cream

First of all, choose the color you need. Then proceed as follows to remove scratches on the furniture:

1. Wax( 4 parts) and turpentine( 3 parts) are mixed in the container.
2. Everything is thoroughly mixed and stoked on a small fire.
3. Then alcohol( 2 parts) is added and the mix is ​​again mixed.
4. After cooling the composition, the woolen cloth is wetted in kerosene and with it the mastic is applied for damage.
5. Then the place is thoroughly polished.

We hope that our advice will help you cope with any situation of damage to your beloved, still such a beautiful and good-quality furniture. Hence - cracks and scratches on furniture will not spoil your interior, and will not cause unplanned large expenses of money.